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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- first
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1965. First edition. Inscribed by Matthiessen to Kennett Love, Matthiessen's brother-in-law, longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times and in 1965 an associate professor at Princeton (his ownership inscription at the front flyleaf reiterates such). Signed again by Matthiessen at the half title. This exploration of the incursion of two white men—one a missionary and one a mercenary, though the novel arrives at their overlap—was a finalist for the 1966 National Book Award, and was in 1991 made into a film starring Tom Waits, John Lithgow, Tom Berenger, and Daryl Hannah. The novel's problematization of white American foreign will and this copy's association to Love, whose own foreign exploits remain somewhat occluded, makes for a particularly interesting view to America's general international Cold War program. Bound in quarter black cloth with beige cloth over boards and gilt ornamet to upper cover. Some exterior soiling, foxing to text block edges, mild bumps to corners, else near fine in like dust jacket, toned at spine.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33370
- Title
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Literature;
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Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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